This book looks at the rich diversity of schools around the world. Through simple text and stunning photographs, it introduces children to similarities found in schools in different cultures, and honors differences.

Describes some of the different and unusual school settings around the world, from an environmentally sustainable school in India to schools within caves in China and schools for the nomadic tribes of Siberia.

Discover countries, cultures, and traditions in this new series! Every day, all around the world, kids go to school, eat lunch and play games... And yet, these universal experiences, can look very different between different countries. These books will take our readers on a trip around the globe to celebrate diverse cultures and traditions, and will show us how different (and how similar) we all are!

A School Like Mine is an amazing children's book exploring schools around the world through the eyes of pupils. A modern take on DK's popular children's book reveals the lives of children as they learn at school in their own words. See school activities, classrooms, and playtime in photographs that will appeal to all children curious to learn about the lives of other schoolchildren on every continent. With distinctive DK design and text, using children's own words, children will take a journey around the world to discover A School Just Like Mine.

Each book in this series explores a basic need or activity of people around the world. Find out how the location, resources, and weather make a difference in how people live.

An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

In this book the authors have conducted extensive research and describe what makes a successful school and how this varies in different countries. The book follows the progress of a cohort of 7-year-old children through their schools over a two-year period. It covers schools in the US, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, and Ireland and: *draw together what it is that the most and least effective schools do in each country *pinpoints what makes 'effective teaching' across the globe *analyses which effectiveness-producing school and teaching factors appear to be the same and which are context specific *discusses how educational policies can be used to generate World Class Schools and which new blends of practice can, or should be used The existing literature based upon the comparison of the educational achievements of different countries is inadequate. This unique study provides a rich picture of the processes of the education systems of different countries which will appeal to practitioners and policy makers.